If there is a location that we may have missed, please email display@spokesman-recorder.com to have your location added to our list. Our Saviour’s Lutheran 612-872-4193 2219 Chicago Ave., Minneapolis check in at 2 p.m. for openings ____________________________ Salvation Army Harbor Light 1010 Currie Ave., Minneapolis 612-338-0113 space for workers ($7 per night) and people with […]
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Clothing
If there is a location that we may have missed, please email display@spokesman-recorder.com to have your location added to our list. Central Lutheran Church 612-870-4416 333 12th St. S., Minneapolis Mon. 9:30 a.m. – noon, Thurs. 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. _________________________ St. Stephen’s Free Store 612-874-0311 2211 Clinton Ave. S., Minneapolis Tues. – Thurs. […]
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Alternative Healing
If there is a location that we may have missed, please email display@spokesman-recorder.com to have your location added to our list. Center for Spirituality and Healing Phone: 612-624-9459 Web Address: http://www.csh.umn.edu _____________________________ Homeopathic Health Clinic 2515 Franklin Avenue St. Paul, MN 55114 www.homeopathichealthclinic.com 651-379-1198 email: kkurzriemer@homeopathichealthclinic.com ________________________________ Pathways 3115 Hennepin Ave. S. Minneapolis MN 55408 […]
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Farmer’s Markets
The following is a list of farmer’s markets in the Twin Cities and places to buy local produce. If you have a submission for the greater metro area or a market we may have missed, please email display@spokesman-recorder.com to have your location added to our list. St Paul Farmers’ Market – Aldrich Arena 1850 White […]
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Sliding Fee Clinics
If there is a clinic that we may have missed, please email display@spokesman-recorder.com to have your location added to our list. Central Avenue Clinic 2610 Central Avenue Northeast Minneapolis, MN 55418 Phone: 612-781-6816 Web Address: http://www.fremonthealth.org Provides: Family practice, mental health, adolescents, geriatrics, family planning ____________________________ Centro, Inc. Centro provides a wide range of support […]
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Mental Health Clinics
Center for Victims of Torture 649 Dayton Avenue St. Paul, MN Main Phone: 612-436-4800 Web Address: http://www.cvt.org Provides outpatient therapy, medical treatment, psychotherapy, and connects consumers to social services which can improve their chances of success. __________________________ Community-University Health Care Center (CUHCC) Provides primary care services to children and low income families in South Minneapolis. […]
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Free Clinics
If there is a location that we may have missed, please email display@spokesman-recorder.com to have your location added to our list. Model Cities Primary health care * Interpreters are available 839 University Avenue St. Paul, MN 55104 Phone: 651-221-4442 Web Address: http://www.modelcities.org ____________________ The Union Gospel Mission * Basic dental services * Acute care clinic […]
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Food Shelves
To find a food shelf in your area call: 952-925-6265 If, after getting food from your area food shelf you need additional food, call the Emergency Food Shelf Network: 952-925-6265, or first call for help: 612-335-5000. If there is a location that we may have missed, please email display@spokesman-recorder.com to have your location added to […]
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Free Meals
If there is a location that we may have missed, please email display@spokesman-recorder.com to have your location added to our list. Department of Health Services-Food Support Program * Assists low income families who meet eligibility requirements in purchasing food. * Interpreters are available 444 Lafayette Road North St. Paul, MN 55155 General: 651.296.6117 Web Address: […]
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Finding the right notes: 2010’s year in jazz, Twin Cities style
James on Jazz As we wrap up another year in music, let’s take a moment to reflect on the past year and look ahead a bit. Two things immediately come to mind. First, all the fabulous concerts held in the Twin Cities: Hats off to those responsible for bringing such fine talent to town. In […]
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My column of the year: Building a mosque at ground zero is a mistake
SOMETHING I SAID Dwight Hobbes Keith Ellison ran for congressional office as an agent for humanitarian change. On winning, Ellison assumed a sense of politically correct entitlement to step on a soapbox and market his religion as a Muslim. Somebody had to say something about it. So, I did in the column below. Each September, scores of Americans […]
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2010 gave birth to the anti-Obama brigade
LITTLE BY LITTLE Matthew Little If 2009 politically was punctuated by the heralding of the inauguration of the first Black President of the United States, 2010 most certainly will be noted as the year in which, for the first time in history, the chief executive officer of this country has been publicly and deliberately demonized, […]
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Governor-elect Mark Dayton: champion of change for all
THROUGH MY EYES Ron Edwards After escaping slavery, Frederic Douglass wrote, in 1852, that we are an exceptional nation and people because of the “principles” of our Declaration of Independence that are “saving principles.” He urged the nation to “Stand by those principles, be true to them on all occasions…,” just as Martin Luther King […]
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Yet another Obama promise hits road blocks
By Danny J. Bakewell, Sr. Guest Commentator Our nation certainly turned a corner two years ago with the election of our first Black president. Aside from the obvious historical progress made, for the first time in a long time Americans overwhelmingly expressed feelings of excitement, optimism and hope about the future. We were looking for […]
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Teena Marie: Untimely passing of the ‘Ivory Queen of Soul’
Teena Marie, the European American singer/songwriter/producer whose powerful, soulful voice won legions of African American fans over the past three decades, died in her Pasadena, CA home Sunday, December 26 at the age of 54. A month prior, according to her publicist, she had suffered two seizures; at the time of her death, she was […]
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ENTERTAINMENT AROUND TOWN
THIS WEEKS SPOTLIGHTS: Capri Theater 2027 W. Broadway Ave., Mpls., 612-643-2000 or www.thecapritheater.org Wed., Dec. 29, 7 pm: Capri Big Band’s 3rd annual Christmas concert: “Home for the Holidays” Featuring conductor Faye Washington and vocalists Charles “Chako” Andre and Aja Pridgen Tickets are $10 and are available at OvationTix: 866-811-4111. Every 1st Mon., 7-9 pm: […]
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Best of the 2010 Twin Cities-area prep scene
PREP SCENE Mitchell Palmer McDonald (l-r) Laurra Mohammed, Stephanie Baez, Courtney Wiley, Bedresia Tims, Jenna Dushaw, Diondra Howard, Cassondra Stahn, Cassandra Lavalle, Jaleza Lee and Porsha Hightower sum up Johnson’s boys’ basketball season in one word. Here are six sporting accomplishments that stood out to me in 2010 (in no particular order): 1. ST. PAUL […]
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Times, they are a changin’: wishes for 2011
Kwame’s Kapsules Kwame McDonald Editor’s note: This week, we will not feature the Black Coaches due to holiday deadlines. But, we will bring you up to date in the next edition. So many times we end the year with the best of….and what to expect next year. This year, rather than looking back this columnist […]
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Overused words, unfulfilled promises mark the year in sports
ANOTHER VIEW By Charles Hallman There are words that simply must be purged from our language. Appropriately, these words duly earn a dishonored place on the Another View’s third annual Banished Overused Words (BOWs) list. This annual year-end column was inspired by Lake Superior State (Mich.) University’s annual List of Words Banished from the Queen’s […]
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Did Rev. Newton do the right thing?
Fitz Beat Larry Fitzgerald Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton Photo courtesy of the Associated Press I am one of the few fathers in American history, based on my experience, who can say I witnessed a sham eight years ago last Saturday. The 2003 Heisman Trophy was presented that evening to Oklahoma quarterback Jason White — […]